Final Jeopardy: Science (10-2-24)
Here are some more clues from the 10/2/2024 Jeopardy! game. Please don’t put the answers to these clues in the comments so people who missed the game can have a chance to answer them. It is okay to refer to them by category and clue value or by part of the clue.
HEALTH & MEDICINE ($200) An AOM practitioner is trained in this “& Oriental medicine”
WE’RE JUST GETTING STARTED ($400) This word for supporters of Thomas Jefferson returned in the 1850s as the name of a new political party
($800) The Great Fear was just a precursor to this similarly named time of which the fall of the Girondins was a bellwether
20th CENTURY PLAYWRIGHTS ($400) This comic playwright’s trio of autobiographical “B.B.”s hit their targets, finishing with “Broadway Bound”
($800) William Inge once had a terrier named Lula Belle, an inspiration for this little dog that isn’t coming back in his classic play
($1600) Zoë Akins had a hit & a memorable title with the 1930 play these people “Had a Word for It”
ON THE BUCKET LIST ($1600) Mexico City has bars dedicated to this beverage made from the sap of the agave plant; it has the color of milk & tastes sour
TRIPLE RHYME TIME ($400) Now in twofold form, it’s a floating gaseous sphere full of broken concrete & stone ANSWER: show
RELIGIOUS MATTERS ($400) The 2 major sects of Tibetan Buddhism, Nyingma & Gelug, are also called red these & yellow these, for items worn by monks
($1200) This Irish saint is known as “The Mary of the Gael”
($1600) The monks in this Indian religion carry peacock-feather dusters to remove insects from their paths as they walk
FOREIGN FILM TITLES ($000) One of Marlene Dietrich’s greatest films: “Der blaue Engel”
($1200) Ingmar Bergman film whose title is from the Book of Revelation: “Det Sjunde Inseglet”
($2000) Pedro “Almodóva’s Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film: “Todo Sobre Mi Madre”
IT’S A THEORY ($000) The usual example of this, the classic game theory problem, is you & a pal are both accused of a crime; do you confess?
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: TV CURRENTLY
($200) This actress & singer, do you love me? Are you riding? I mean, we’re both TV hosts, as you’ve been on “Password” since 2022
($400) Devan Chandler Long tried out for the Carolina Panthers but ended up dying to be a Viking, playing Thorfinn on this CBS sitcom
($600) This sitcom character was introduced in 1981, got his own series in 1993, & got his own series again 30 years later
($800) I’ll lay it out in black and white, Andrew Scott plays the title grifter on this Netflix show
($1000) Ramón Rodríguez plays this ABC title guy who works for the Georgia Bureau of Investigations & has a cute li’l pup named Betty
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS show
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The FJ category was actually entitled “Science”, but in any case, I wasn’t very sharp yesterday so I missed it. Actually, all I could come up with was a collapsed star (which I believe that a black hole was formed from). Well, I doubt that Ken Jennings would have accepted that response.
Thanks, Rick. That’s fixed.
You’re welcome VJ. Anytime.
Way too many triple stumpers in these games. It seems unusual to see 3 players draw a blank on so many clues in the same category. Tuesday, there were 2 categories with only 1 right response (Familiar Phrases & America the Beautiful). In this game, it was 20th Century Playwrights.
Btw, Shirley Booth won the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Burt Lancaster’s wife in the 1952 movie based on that William Inge play.
Well, to be fair (although, actually, “equitable” is a better word), Ken did day, “these phrases don’t seem too familiar to me”, and I have to concur!
And we did the play that the movie mentioned above was about in our “drama club” about 8 years ago!
Jason, not to be obnoxious, but Ken only said “so far, these are not very familiar phrases.” I thought he meant they weren’t familiar to the contestants because I’m pretty sure Ken knew all of them.
The wisdom proverb is fairly well known. So is the one about the bird (I’ve heard Doc Adams say it on Gunsmoke 🤣). As for the exclamation of surprise, I think the flag lady reference would have done it for Ken, even if he never had a Burry cookie.🤣🤣
“Fair” enough! I certainly didn’t recognize many!
FJ got me, but somehow I nailed all 3 DDs. (And I assume Interpol was formed by 24 countries, not counties. I missed most of the show and am working off the recap.)
AOM practitioner, Broadway playwright, Dietrich film, Bergman film not too difficult.
I was 2/3 on DD and got FJ. I missed “Das Kapital”.
Scott played a good game. Made a good argument for a Second Chance spot.